The Australian Information Commissioner filed suit against Facebook in that country’s Federal Court, alleging that the social network’s Cambridge Analytica scandal ran afoul of its privacy laws.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner claimed in its suit that from March 2014 through May 2015, the personal information of Australian Facebook users was disclosed to the This Is Your Digital Life application for reasons other than why it was collected, adding that most of those users did not install the app themselves, with their information instead being disclosed via friends using the app.
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